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TOOL

7empest

Release date: 2nd February 2020

From Fear Inoculum
Track 9
15:44
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About This Track

Over 15 minutes long, '7empest' closes Tool's fifth studio album with a portrait of deception unmasking itself. The track opens with a mantra of restraint, keep it calm, before fracturing into accusations of false serenity. Maynard James Keenan's voice moves between warning and indictment, cataloguing the small betrayals that precede catastrophe: the misleading tranquility, the dubious state of serenity, the performance of surprise when the lie is finally caught. A tempest, the song insists, must be true to its nature; it cannot apologise for what it is. Adam Jones's guitar work anchors the piece with what amounts to the album's most forceful riff, unfolding across ten distinct leads that build toward the song's inevitable collapse. The lyrics circle their subject with the precision of a closing argument, each repetition tightening the logic: you cannot atone for damage with words alone, and your certainty is your undoing. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, a recognition of its command of both restraint and release.

"7empest" is a track by TOOL, from the album Fear Inoculum, released 2nd February 2020. The track is 15:44 long. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about TOOL.

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TOOL

TOOL

Lyrics

7empest

Keep, keep
Keep, keep, keep it calm
Keep, keep calm
Keep, keep it, keep it calm
Keep, keep calm
Keep, keep, keep calm
Fuck, here we go again

Heat lighting flash, but don't blink
Misleading, tranquility ruse
You're gonna happen again
That's what I think
Follow the evidence
Look it dead in the eye, your darkness
Trying to lull us in, before the havoc begins
Into a dubious state of serenity
Acting all surprised when you're caught in the lie
We know better
It's not unlike you
It's not unlike you
We know your nature

Blame it all on the bastards when you're blowing out
Shame on you
Shame on you now
No amount of wind could to begin to cover up
Your petulant stench and demeanor
Calm as cookies and cream, so it seems
We're not buying your dubious state of serenity
Acting all surprised when you're caught in the lie
We know better
It's not unlike you
It's not unlike you
We know your nature

Calm before the torrent comes
Calm before the torrent comes
Calm before the torrent comes
Calm before the tempest comes to reign all over

Disputing intentions invites devastation
A tempest must be true to its nature
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that

Control your delusion
Insane and striking at random
Victim of your certainty
And therefore, your doubt's not an option
Blameless, the tempest must will be just that
So try as you may, feeble, your attempt to atone
Your words to erase all the damage cannot

A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that
A tempest must be just that

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From Fear Inoculum

15:442020
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Album
Fear Inoculum
Fear Inoculum
TOOL
2nd February 2020
Track number
9
Release year
2020
  1. 1Fear Inoculum
    10:20
  2. 2Pneuma
    11:53
  3. 3Litanie contre la Peur
    2:14
  4. 4Invincible
    12:44

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Adam Jones, Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Maynard James Keenan
    Producer
    Andrew Means, Mat Mitchell, Tim Dawson, Tool
    Bass
    Justin Chancellor
    Drums
    Danny Carey
    Guitar
    Adam Jones
    Vocals
    Maynard James Keenan
    Additional Production
    Andrew Means, Mat Mitchell, Tim Dawson
    Additional Recording
    Andrew Means, Mat Mitchell, Tim Dawson
    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Garrett Lubow, Greg Foeller, Jun Murakawa, Kevin Mills, Morgan Stratton, Scott Moore, Wes Seidman
    Drum Technician
    Bruce Jacoby, Joe Slaby, Jon Nicholson, Junior Kittlitz
    Guitar Technician
    Dan Druff, Pete Lewis (Technician), Sacha Dunable, Scotty “Doc” Dachroden, Tim Dawson
    Mastering Engineer
    Bob Ludwig
    Mixing Engineer
    Joe Barresi
    Recording Engineer
    Bob Ludwig
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